Hi Sieger
That was a lucky catch, blue trout are very rarely caught at Haddo now ....... there aren't many rainbow trout netted at the fishery nowadays, maybe half a dozen a week at the most. Off the top of my head I think there were two rainbows caught last week.
Blue trout are frequently available from fish farms throughout the UK and can be found in many stocked fisheries. They are not a separate species, just a strain of rainbow trout.
I'm very pleased with progress in managing the brown trout levels in the lake this year and I'm really looking forward to next year ...... so the rainbow and blue trout catches will become even more rare
Best wishes
Mike Barrio